This article was originally printed here: Please check out the site Seven Pillars for many more great articles In deep meditation I come to a wall. I know this wall. I have seen it many times before in meditation and waking visions. It is a high brick wall. I know what is on the other side of…
The following paragraphs are excerpts from the 6th chapter of the Oneness Study Guide made available by the Global Oneness Project. You can download the chapter or the whole Study Guide here –> http://www.globalonenessproject.org/education Oneness and Spirituality The idea of oneness has been introduced over and over through a wide variety of scripture and practice,…
Q: I am dissatisfied with my path, how do I find another? In this matter, there are a number of considerations. Because you are dissatisfied with something it does not mean it is not of use; dissatisfaction is an emotional state which comes and goes. Ask yourself what you dislike about your religious/spiritual presentation; usually,…
SHEIKH ABU-ISHAQ’S FRIENDS As to ‘spiritual attainments’, I am reminded of the words which Sheikh Abu-Ishaq of the Green Island, near Algeciras in Spain, spoke to Ibn Arabi and reported in his twelfth-century Durrat aJ-Fakhira: ‘I regard people as of two types. First there is the friend who has a good opinion of me and…
If a person claims that he really loves someone, evidence is asked from him. And that evidence is the giving away of possessions, the granting of favors. Just as when Mevlana claimed that he loved me, when I came he granted me thousands of favors and protected me. I regard these all as a grace…
Q: How can you claim there is a Plan for humanity? Just look at the mess out there; surely, somebody is not doing their job. Many would assert the world is in chaos and daily we continue to destroy ourselves. Further the idea of a spiritual plan for humanity is absurd; just look at our…
